keys,
\ = slide down
/ = slide up
PM = Palm mute
D
She's never alone,
AB
because she's scared of what she might say to herself
ADF#GAB
Always drinking in the backroom of the bar where everyone turns in
A
A half-hearted grin
D
She won't be afraid
AB
as long as that prescription keeps going through

A D F# G A Riff 1

And all the happy pills make her look like cardboard cut out of someone

Riff 2

I use to learn from
D ,D/C# B
But on the phone, she's telling everyone,
G(10th fret)
that there was a blue sky,
F#(9th fret) E(7th fret)
she left behind
DD/C#
And there's a place that no one knows about,

Riff 3

Away from integrity

B D Riff 4(Bridge)

she writes a book in her head that nobody will read
D
Whatever you say,
AB
please don't talk about the time when she was young
A
Apparently that was a different person

D F# G A Riff 1 Riff 2

and so long ago it's strange to me, there's no history
DD/C#B
But there's a past and she's telling everyone
G(10th fret)
It must be a garden,
F#(9th fret) E(7th fret)
that wouldn't grow
DD/C#
With roots of shame, too sensitive to blame

Riff 3

to herself as we watch he drown,

B D play interlude

I can't save the queen without a kingdom or a crown
DA
Somewhere in this lonely game of sympathy
BAG
there is a selfish dream That makes me sick
DA
Standing on the high wire while you're on the ground